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The Library of Congress recently acquired a rare collection of nearly 700 Civil War-era ambrotype and tintype photographs, donated by the Liljenquist family.enCopyright 2015, History.comTue, 31 Mar 2015 04:00:00 GMTHistory.com2015-03-31T04:00:00ZenCopyright 2015, History.comFaces of the Civil Warhttp://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo1
The Library of Congress recently acquired a rare collection of nearly 700 Civil War-era ambrotype and tintype photographs, donated by the Liljenquist family. The collection includes photographs of Union and Confederate soldiers, as well as the women and children they left behind.http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo1Young Girl in Mourninghttp://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo2
Unidentified girl in a mourning dress holding a framed photograph of her cavalryman father. Nearly 620,000 soldiers died during the war, almost 2 percent of the entire population of the United States at the time.http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo2Private Albert H. Davishttp://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo3
Private Albert H. Davis of Company K, 6th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment in uniform, shoulder scales and Hardee hat with Model 1841 Mississippi rifle, sword bayonet, knapsack with bedroll, canteen and haversack. Civil War soldiers carried between 30 and 40 pounds of supplies on their backs.http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo3Boy with 34-star Flaghttp://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo4
Unidentified boy holding a 34-star flag, which became the flag of the United States on July 4, 1861, following the admission of Kansas to the Union. It was used until the newly created West Virginia joined the Union in 1863.http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo4African American Soldier and Familyhttp://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo5
Unidentified African American soldier in a Union uniform with his wife and two daughters. Some 180,000 African Americans fought in the war, almost exclusively for the Union. Nearly 40,000 of them died.http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo5African American Union Soldierhttp://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo6
Unidentified African American Union soldier with a rifle and revolver in front of a painted backdrop showing weapons and an American flag at Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri. African Americans constituted less than 1 percent of the northern population but 10 percent of the Union Army.http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo6Young Union Soldierhttp://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo7
Unidentified young soldier in a Union uniform and forage cap. More than 10,000 Union soldiers were under the age of 18.http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo7Young Union Sailorhttp://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo8
Unidentified young sailor in uniform with an American flag in front of a naval scene backdrop. The minimum age to join the Union Navy was 13; it was 14 for the Confederate Navy.http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo8Union Soldier with Fifehttp://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo9
Unidentified soldier in a Union uniform with a fife in front of a painted backdrop showing a pastoral landscape. The Civil War was the last conflict in which military bands played on the battlefield. There were more than 400 Union bands and 125 Confederate bands.http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo9Union Soldier with Model 1855 Pistolhttp://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo10
Unidentified soldier in a Union uniform holding a U.S. Model 1855 pistol-carbine, the last single-shot pistol produced as an issue arm for U.S. troops.http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo10Girl with Flag and Ballhttp://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo11
Unidentified girl holding an American flag and ball.http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo11Private John Ryanhttp://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo12
Private John Ryan of Company H, 2nd Rhode Island Infantry Regiment.http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo12First Scotch Regiment Memberhttp://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo13
Unidentified soldier of the 12th Illinois Volunteers, known as the First Scotch Regiment, wearing a greatcoat and tamoshanter cap.http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo13African American Sergeanthttp://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo14
Unidentified African American soldier in a Union sergeant uniform holding a rifle.http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo14Three Union Soldiershttp://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo15
Three unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms.http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo15African American Union Sailorhttp://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo16
Unidentified African American sailor in a Union uniform.http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo16Union Soldierhttp://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo17
Unidentified soldier in a Union artillery uniform with a revolver and American flag.http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo17Union Soldier with Childhttp://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo18
Unidentified soldier in Union uniform holding a young child in his lap.http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo18African American Union Soldierhttp://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo19
Unidentified African American soldier in a Union artillery shell jacket and shoulder scales in front of a painted backdrop showing a military camp.http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo19Union Soldier with Muskethttp://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo20
Unidentified soldier in a Union uniform with a musket.http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo20Union Soldier with Womanhttp://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo21
Unidentified soldier in a Union uniform with an unidentified woman.http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo21Union Soldiers with Cigarshttp://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo22
Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms holding cigars in each other&apos;s mouths.http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo22Women of Warhttp://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo23
Two unidentified young women wearing printed dresses and necklaces in front of a painted backdrop showing a plantation.http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo23Woman with Mourning Broochhttp://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo24
Unidentified woman wearing a mourning brooch and displaying a framed image of an unidentified soldier.http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo24Young Confederate Soldierhttp://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo25
Unidentified young soldier in a Confederate uniform holding a book.http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo25Confederate Soldierhttp://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo26
Unidentified soldier in a Confederate artillery jacket with a secession badge and artillery forage hat.http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo26Confederate Soldierhttp://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo27
Unidentified soldier in a Confederate captain&apos;s frock coat and hat.http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo27Confederate Soldierhttp://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo28
Unidentified soldier in a Confederate uniform of Co. E, &quot;Lynchburg Rifles,&quot; 11th Virginia Infantry Volunteers, holding a 1841 &quot;Mississippi&quot; rifle, Sheffield-type Bowie knife, canteen, box knapsack, blanket roll and cartridge box.http://www.history.com/photos/faces-of-civil-war/photo28